Spike-extractor.



No. 767,925. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. A

L. D. BUTTERS.

SPIKE EXTRAGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPlIKE-EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,925, dated August 16, 1904. Application filed October 28, 1903. Serial No. 78,849. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZO D. BUTTERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Billerica, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spike Extractors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in spike-extractors; and its object is to provide a simple and durable device of this character which is especially adapted for drawing railway-spikes from ties or other objects into which they may have been driven.

Another object is to employ means whereby the device may be securely held in position upon a spike until the same has been extracted.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form ofmy invention, and in Which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my improved tool in position upon a spike prior to its extraction. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tool; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the body of the tool, showing the same in engagement with a partly-extracted spike.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, l is a bar having a handle 2 at one end, while the opposite end is provided with a hooked extension 3, the end of which is forked, as shown at 4. Pivoted to the extension 3 is a yoke 5, from which extends an arm 6, having a spike-engaging hook 7 at its free end. A foot-plate 8 extends laterally from arm 6 and is preferably formed integral therewith.

When it is desired to extract a spike 9 from a tie or other object in which it is embedded, the hook 7 is placed in engagement with the head of the spike and is held there by pressure of the foot upon the plate 8. The forked end 4 of extension 3 is then inserted under the opposite side of the head of the spike, and the handle 2 is swung downward, thereby causing the'spike-head to be firmly gripped between the ends of the extension 3 and the arm 6, and the same will be drawn upward out of its position. It will be seen that the tool is very simple and durable in construction and is formed of few parts, thereby renderingthe same inexpensive to manufacture.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a device of the character described, the combination with a bar having a hooked extension provided with a forked end; of a yoke embracing and pivoted upon the extension, a hooked arm extending from the yoke and overlapping the forked end of the extension, and a laterally-extending foot-plate integral with the arm and extending therefrom adjacent the free end thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LORENZO D. BUTTERS. Witnesses:

THOMAS A. ELLIS, H. WILLET S'rovnn. 

